Euro 2016 Group C, Poland v Northern Ireland, 5pm

cowboyBuilder

What about ye !???
Ner net ner

murpho999

jamesbere wrote: »

There waiting for Poland to punch themselves out

Where?

Arthur Daley

That NI can be so solid looking at the back, while the Republic has not, up to the last year or two is bewildering. Michael O'Neill has done a top job there. We'd be 1-0 nil down by now if we gave Poland that amount of ball.

Cypher_sounds

Would love to see Lewandowski come up against Fellaini.

He might actually know a thing or two about a sore head then.

El Chapo

duffman13 wrote: »

I normally like Adidas stuff but that jersey is not great. I really like the Umbro kits this year, especially the white one.

Umbro's jersey feel so cheap and they have the gall to charge €70 for one.

The collar on the home jersey is ridiculous.

SEPT 23 1989

It's like a very unbalanced Fa cup third round

Francie Barrett

Steven Davis the only player who doesn't look out of his depth so far.

Johner

Shocking miss.

awec

Such a miss.

The Backwards Man

Danger there!

Come back Jackie.

Cypher_sounds

The only brace he will be seeing is in the mirror if he keeps shooting like that.

Francie Barrett

Sitter.

jamesbere

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

It's like a very unbalanced Fa cup third round

Scunthorpe vs blyth Spartans

AndyBoBandy

When Adidas did our jersey it was great!!!

Any chance of us ever ditching Umbro?

AllGunsBlazing

Some of the NI players look like stickmen compared to the Polish.

Bounty Hunter

What position is McNair (normally a center back) playing in?

Mr.Nice Guy

Arthur Daley wrote: »

That NI can be so solid looking at the back, while the Republic has not, up to the last year or two is bewildering. Michael O'Neill has done a top job there. We'd be 1-0 nil down by now if we gave Poland that amount of ball.

Poland were in our qualification group.

Poland conceded 10 goals.

We conceded 7 goals - the lowest of the whole group.

JoeA3

We had adidas up to the 1994 WC... That '94 jersey was nice.... it's been Umbro since then and barring the odd exception they've been horrible. Especially with the 3 / Eircom logo.

citytillidie

The Talking Bread wrote: »

Nothing political but its odd Scotland and Wales have their own anthem whilst North haven't adapted one yet? Any reason?

Scotland and Wales are a country Northern Ireland is not, same way Wales and Scotland have there own flag but Northern Ireland's is the Union Jack

duffman13

Bounty Hunter wrote: »

What position is McNair (normally a center back) playing in?

Usually plays as a holding midfielder. I'm struggling to see what formation NI are playing in general. Seems to be working well for them

awec

Bounty Hunter wrote: »

What position is McNair (normally a center back) playing in?

On the right wing in a 4-5-1.

Berserker

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Poland were in our qualification group.

Poland conceded 10 goals.

We conceded 7 goals - the lowest of the whole group.

They are an attacking side. Highest scorers overall in qualification.

citytillidie

Kerrydude1981 wrote: »

Has Jackie Fullerton retired?

He is on the radio

Berserker

Good save by the keeper. Should have been cleared though. Need to hold out until half time.

Johner

Really poor defending there.

Peist2007

2 separate penalty shouts NI have got away with in a minute

Edward Hopper

Plenty of lower league, throw loads of bodies in front of things from Norn Ireland

Francie Barrett

Half time can't come soon enough for Northern Ireland.

citytillidie

batistuta9 wrote: »

They're loyalists, a loyalist team for loyalist people.

Did not know Paddy McCourt was a loyalist or Niall McGinn.

Before you say Paddy is not there i know, and only reason he is not there is for family reasons, which is why he is back in Derry

Mr.Nice Guy

Berserker wrote: »

They are an attacking side. Highest scorers overall in qualification.

Not sure what point you're making. I was disputing the claim that we haven't looked solid at the back over the past two years which is not true.

The Talking Bread

Francie Barrett wrote: »

Half time can't come soon enough for Northern Ireland.

Full time cant come soon enough for them. They are going to be dominated worse second half.

awec

Drives me nuts when players go down screaming. What was McLoughlin supposed to do there?

BoJack Horseman

No half has passed slower for me than this one.

Arthur Daley

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Poland were in our qualification group.

Poland conceded 10 goals.

We conceded 7 goals - the lowest of the whole group.

I know. Point is that given their limited midfield and forward line, their defence doesn't embarass them, and keeps them in it. If the Republic had that organisation of limited defensive players we wouldn't have suffered so many embarrasing defensive performances up to the most recent campaign. Plus we conceded 3 against Poland in 2 games, with far better outlets for the defence.

Basically 2/3 of their defenders should walk into the ROI team.

dfx-

game needs a Polish goal.

Harry Palmr

The refs seems happy to let players feign injury and get up slightly embarrassed as play continues.

The Talking Bread

citytillidie wrote: »

Did not know Paddy McCourt was a loyalist or Niall McGinn.

Before you say Paddy is not there i know, and only reason he is not there is for family reasons, which is why he is back in Derry

He means the fans. Typically the republicans did not affiliate themselves with the "foreign game" as part of their disdain towards English rule.

There WERE elements in Irish Republican circles who actively discouraged football and rugby as imports of their British oppressors; they prefered Gaelic sports. For that reason there WAS limited interest for some people in football and hence the Northern Ireland team

El Chapo

I was clean shaven when that half started..

GreNoLi

Thank fup for that.

BoJack Horseman

BoJack Horseman wrote: »

No half has passed slower for me than this one.

I switched over to the gaa for a while

The Talking Bread

dfx- wrote: »

game needs a Polish goal.

game will be over if Poland score! Game needs North to score first or remain like this!

BoJack Horseman

BoJack Horseman wrote: »

No half has passed slower for me than this one.

absolute drudge of a game so far.

Berserker

citytillidie wrote: »

Did not know Paddy McCourt was a loyalist or Niall McGinn.

Before you say Paddy is not there i know, and only reason he is not there is for family reasons, which is why he is back in Derry

Better off not rising to their bait. They are just here to try to stir up trouble. They have no interest in the football at all.

AllGunsBlazing

The Talking Bread wrote: »

game will be over if Poland score! Game needs North to score first or remain like this!

I'd be intrigued to see how Poland responded to going behind after such dominance.

Kermit.de.frog

How exciting this game isn't.

citytillidie

citytillidie wrote: »

Did not know Paddy McCourt was a loyalist or Niall McGinn.

Before you say Paddy is not there i know, and only reason he is not there is for family reasons, which is why he is back in Derry

I wouldn't have thought Michael O'Neill or Conor McLoughlin would be the biggest loyalists either.

Either way, it looks like a lot of their players aren't that bothered about it. Heck Kyle Lafferty got married in a Catholic ceremony while he was at Rangers. I sometimes think we want or need to hear about divisions and this fellow or that is a roaring Republican. The fact is times have changed, we see sports stars like Joey Dunlop, Carl Frampton (who had friends killed by the IRA), Rory McIlroy etc. and they just don't seem that bothered by the need to identify with one side or the other.

awec

Liam Brady is struggling to provide any analysis on this match.

jamesbere

There's nice weather at the stadium, which is the most exciting thing about it.

Berserker

AllGunsBlazing wrote: »

I'd be intrigued to see how Poland responded to going behind after such dominance.

They are a very mature side. Can't see them panicking. They'd just continue to play their game with the hope of getting the goals they'd need, I think. An NI goal would be great for the game and something special for NI, of course.

tayto lover

That was a very poor half of football.
Hope our game tomorrow is better.
This resembles a school-yard game.